Curtain-rod threader.



No. 758,845. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

J. J. MONAGHAN. CURTAIN ROD THRBADER.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.1. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

CURTAIN-ROD THREADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 758,845, dated May 3, 1904.

Application tiled December l, 1903. Serial No. 183,406. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, J oHN J. MONAGHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Rod lfhreaders, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for attaching in one end of the telescoping rods which form the support for a sash-curtain; and the object of my invention is to provide means whereby the tubular rods can be readily passed through the hem of the sash-curtain when the same is to be mounted in position on the window-frame.

My invention consists, in combination with the tubular rod-support of a sash-curtain, of a curtain-rod threader comprising an ovalshaped head having two Haring arms projecting from one end thereof and adapted to hold by frictional contact on said rod-support in the manner as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure I represents an elevation view of my threader for attachment to the rod-support of a sash curtain. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing the threader as applied to the rod-support, as before passing through the hem of the curtain. Fig. 3 illustrates the curtain in place upon its rodsupport, as when ready to be mounted on the window-frame.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Referring to the drawings, A designates my threader as a whole comprising' an ovalshaped head having' two flaring arms c c projecting from one end thereof.

d and J are the usual tubular rods which telescope together and form the support from which the sash-curtain e is suspended.

The sash-curtain is provided with a stitched hem at its upper edge, as atf, to receive the rods Z/ and di.

lVhen the curtain is to be mounted on the rods by my said threader, the arms c c are pressed together and inserted within the exposed end of the rod (Z/ and forced inwardly until stopped by the head which has its central portion a trifle larger in diameter than the exterior diameter of the rod d', as shown in Eig. 2. Ihe arms c c are made of resilient material, so that when inserted in the rod they expand and hold the device in position by frictional contact on the rod. After the threader has thus been attached to the rodsupport the pointed end of the head is made to enter the opening formed by the hem f in thecurtain, and this head having its middle portion larger than the exterior diameter of the rod (Z will cause the hem to spread outward] y or free from the edge al, formed on the end of said rod, so that the both rods zZ and (Z2 can be quickly forced through the hem of the curtain, after which the threader A is withdrawn from its position on the rod fl.

The rods and (Z2 are provided with perforations y rl to receive the usual screw-wires of the window-frame.

The connnon way of forcing the exposed end of the rod-support in the hem'of the curtain is necessarily slow, for the reason that the edge f?, formed by the end of the rod, will contact with the surface of the hem and obstruct the passing of the rod therethrough and frequently causes this portion of the curtain to become ragged or torn. I obviate this objectionable feature, as will be readily understood, as my attachable threader contains in itself all that is necessary to permita quick mounting' of the sash-curtain upon its rod-support without in any way destroying the fabric of the curtain and at the same time a device that is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a curtain-rod threader, the combination, with the tubular rod of a sash-curtain, of an oval-shaped head whose central transverse portion is of greater diameter than that of the exterior diameter of said tubular rod, and said head having' two integral Haring arms projecting together from one end thereotl and adapted to hold by frictional contact upon the interior surface of said tubular rod, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the tubular rod of a sash-curtain, the herein-described threader IOO A, comprising an oval-shaped head having hand in the presence of tWo subscribing Wittwo arms c, 0 flaring from one end thereof, nesses.

and said arms adapted to hold by frietional Contact upon the interior surface of said tubu- JOHN J' MONAGHAN 5 lar rod, substantially as shown and for the Witnesses:

purpose specified. FRANK SHERMAN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my EDWARD V. OBRIEN, J r. 

